Watch Laurent Ciman’s free kick winner and a body flashes across the Seattle goal before ducking underneath the Belgian’s shot.

This was another off-the-stat-sheet effort by Marco Urena to help his team. Though it won’t appear alongside his league-high five assists, Urena leads LAFC in “tip of the caps.” The Costa Rican center forward’s play has led to several of LAFC’s 17 goals, even if he remains scoreless.

Urena’s contribution to Ciman’s 93rd-minute knuckleball past Seattle’s Stefan Frei will be his last act for the Black & Gold for a couple months. A first-half collision with a Seattle defender required surgery to repair facial fractures Friday, the team announced, but not until he played to the final whistle.

“Marco deserves credit,” Bradley said. “There was no way he was coming off the field.”

Urena is expected to heal in time to join several of his international teammates in Russia for mid-June’s FIFA World Cup.

The injury, however, removes an important piece from Bradley’s rotation ahead of a busy month.

Beginning at home against FC Dallas on Saturday, LAFC takes the field five times in 23 days, including a road trip to Portland and a friendly versus German Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund, BVB.

“We’ve always reminded guys that aren’t playing all the time that in different moments of the season, when the schedule gets very busy, when you get to World Cup time, that now that’s where you got to be ready to step in,” Bradley said. “That’s when your opportunities come. That part is coming up.”

New faces, including two players acquired at the closing bell of the MLS primary transfer window Tuesday, are expected to maintain LAFC’s attacking style.

LAFC general manager John Thorrington said conversations regarding New England Revolution playmaker Lee Nguyen and Norwegian striker Adama Diomande, from Hull City in the English Championship, took several months to close, and were timed for this busy stretch prior to a World Cup summer.

The team must wait on 21-year-old Portuguese midfielder Andre Horta, who has keyed FC Braga’s contention for a berth into EUFA tournament play. LAFC’s third designated player, following a reported $7 million transfer fee, will join the team when the secondary transfer window opens July 10.

Through seven games, LAFC has the look of a season-long contender atop the MLS Western Division. With two games in hand, their 15 points put them a pair behind first-place Sporting KC.

Chant leads to LAFC’s first controversy

During a charity event in February for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, John Morrical took a tour of the Los Angeles Football Club experience.

The crux of a sales pitch designed to sell seats and a community at the Banc of California Stadium was an expression of unity.

Morrical, a music producer who lives in Mount Washington, bought in and scored two seats at the southwest end for $600 apiece to become the club’s last full-season member of 2018.

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From simulation to the real thing Sunday, Morrical said the atmosphere was “world class,” bathroom lines were “insane” and the local beer and food options were “a cut above other sports complexes.”

But there was one thing he couldn’t accept. Something that wasn’t part of the LAFC Experience.

During goal kicks, a homophobic chant was audible around the ring of the stadium.

At halftime of Sunday’s home opener, MLS commissioner Don Garber said the chant “defies everything we stand for.” Garber noted LAFC ownership expressed confidence it would not become a regular part of the Banc of California Stadium experience.

LAFC and its nonprofit independent supporters union — “The 3253,” representing diehard pockets of Black & Gold fans scattered across the city — condemned the “offensive goal kick chant.” They endorsed a “zero-tolerance policy” and said ticket holders participating in the chant will be removed from the stadium. Full-season memberships would also be revoked.

“People I’ve talked to all agree that if they see or hear anyone chanting it, they’ll tell them to knock it off,” Morrical said. “If not, they’ll report them. The big question is what will happen once reported. If ownership is serious about revoking memberships and seats to those in violation, then maybe it really will stop.”

FC DALLAS at LAFC

Kickoff: 1 p.m.; Banc of California Stadium

TV/Radio: Twitter, Univision Deportes; 710 AM, 980 AM

Update: FC Dallas visits Los Angeles after doubling their goals-against tally with a 3-1 loss to NYCFC at Yankee Stadium. Dallas, the last team to suffer a defeat in the MLS this year, is fourth in the Western Conference with 12 points (3-1-3). Dallas, athletic and fast in transition, offers a counterattack coupled with strong play at the back. Midfielder Roland Lamah leads Dallas with three goals and three assists. Goalkeeper Jimmy Mauer was first in the MLS with a goals-against average of 0.86 through the end of April, saving 25 of the 31 shots against him.

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